Currents are powerful physical forces in the seas responsible for the functioning and sustenance of the ocean food chain.
Currents redistribute water, heat, nutrients, and oxygen throughout the ocean and directly impact marine ecosystems by inevitably carrying off living organisms that support marine life. With the right nutrients and flow at...
I was in middle school when my entire family finally came together for the first time: Mom, Dad and all of my sisters and brothers. The story is quite interesting; do you have time?
Assuming you do,
Have you ever witnessed someone being harassed? Most of us have. Maybe it was someone making a “joke” about another person’s race, ethnicity or gender identity, or a classmate being bullied on the playground – or maybe it was something more severe.
Often when we notice harassment we have an impulse to step in...
The Facts
In June 2018, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine published a research report with the findings that “women in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) endure the highest rate of sexual harassment of any profession outside of the military.”
In November 2018, seven STEM female...
There is more clothing being sold than ever before, which, in turn, results in an ever-growing mountain of discarded clothing. After the oil and gas industries, the textile industry is widely believed to be the most polluting industry on the planet, responsible for 10% of total CO2 emissions. While buying fewer clothes is the...
Dear Lisa & Jean-Paul,
Hello. How are you? I hope everything is OK by your side…We are safe from the pandemic at first and now because of the war I hope everything will be restored so we can go back to school. I want to appreciate and I am great full for the never ending...
Most of us feel like we have been in prison during the pandemic. Teenagers, especially, feel isolated and alone because they are out of school, bored and restless. Has it ever crossed your mind to wonder about the impact of the pandemic on youth in prison? Would you agree that the power of...
This autobiography/song book by Dolly Parton spans a career of over six decades. Covering her life (from childhood to love to her dad to religion to pets and more) through 175 of her songs, the text reads as if you are having a direct conversation with the legend herself. You don
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If you Google “benefits of self-care and well-being,” there are over one million responses that come up. It might be safe to say that SELF Care is an issue we are all dealing with! To save you some time, here are the overall elements of self-care:
Being aware of and...Many people around the world are struggling with the decision about whether to receive one of the currently available COVID-19 vaccines. For my family, the decision is easy. If most people are like horses, my husband is a zebra: he has a primary immune deficiency, specifically Common Variable Immune Deficiency or CVID.
The Immune Deficiency Foundation...
